News Archive
18 April 2013, 02:27 PM ET
This intriguing space wallpaper from ESO’s Very Large Telescope shows the glowing green planetary nebula IC 1295 surrounding a dim and dying star. It is located about 3300 light-years away in the constellation of Scutum (The Shield).
18 April 2013, 02:05 PM ET
Scientists have discovered three super-Earths circling two different stars more than 1,000 light-years away.
18 April 2013, 02:01 PM ET
All three may be capable of supporting life as we know it, scientists say.
18 April 2013, 01:32 PM ET
A planetary system 1200 light years from Earth may contain two worlds entirely covered by global oceans. Kepler 62e and 62f are in the habitable zone of a roughly Sun-like star. Each planet is slightly larger than Earth.
18 April 2013, 10:23 AM ET
See some big cats in the spring sky this month.
18 April 2013, 05:09 AM ET
The Orbital Sciences Antares rocket could launch from Virginia on Friday (April 19) at 5 p.m. ET (2100 GMT).
18 April 2013, 05:00 AM ET
Researchers collected the chemical fingerprints of four warm, cloud-covered alien worlds that lie 128 light years away from Earth.
18 April 2013, 05:00 AM ET
Sex in space could present some challenges, but that won't stop people from trying.
17 April 2013, 05:06 PM ET
The next chance to launch the Antares rocket may come Thursday at 5 p.m. EDT.
17 April 2013, 04:22 PM ET
It might seem surprising that rockets launch from Virginia's Eastern Shore. But it's been going on for decades.
17 April 2013, 03:40 PM ET
Today, methane sloshes around on the surface of Titan, but the compound may vanish from Saturn's giant moon.
17 April 2013, 01:01 PM ET
An ancient galaxy is churning out stars nearly 20 times as fast as its modern equivalents.
17 April 2013, 11:26 AM ET
Here are five things you might not have known about Antares.
17 April 2013, 09:36 AM ET
Where viewers in and around Washington, D.C., should look to spot the Antares rocket launch on April 21, 2013.
17 April 2013, 08:00 AM ET
A view of the instrumentation inside the A-29 during a research flight.
17 April 2013, 06:44 AM ET
The Antares test flight shows the industry is coming of age, supporters say.
17 April 2013, 06:00 AM ET
A new photo released by ESO shows fertile galaxies in a new light.
17 April 2013, 06:00 AM ET
Funding levels are basically unchanged from 2013, though several programs got the axe.
16 April 2013, 05:50 PM ET
Orbital Sciences cleared the Antares rocket to launch on its maiden flight Wednesday (April 17) from Wallops Island, Va.
16 April 2013, 05:15 PM ET
Lori Garver will host an "Ask Me Anything" session at 2 p.m. EST.
16 April 2013, 03:43 PM ET
The new exhibits gives visitors a sense of what it's like to live aboard the orbital outpost.
16 April 2013, 03:28 PM ET
Virgin Galactic ran oxidizers through the spacecraft's propulsion system during an April 12 test.
16 April 2013, 02:56 PM ET
Radarsat-1 has collected images of Earth for more than 17 years.
16 April 2013, 02:08 PM ET
Ken Mattingly missed his ride on Apollo 13, but made it to the moon on Apollo 16. He also commanded two shuttle missions.
16 April 2013, 01:15 PM ET
Some supergiants release intense amounts of radiation when they die, and scientists may have figured out the cause.
